Copper-alloy, 11.27 grams, 40.60 mm. 11th century AD. A cast ball-ended strap end with a projecting knop and a raised rib on the inner edge. Two further ribs divide the field into panels: the first features three circular piercings in a triangle formation, the next a lozengiform piercing with finial extensions forming a cruciform pattern; the third a pair of circular piercings on a raised platform. An attachment rivet is in place on the reverse. Reference: Backhouse, J., Turner, D.H., and Webster, L. The Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon Art 966-1066, London, 1984. Good very fine condition. Provenance: found at Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, and recorded with the PAS under reference: YORYM-7DC3D7.